Law and legislation--Kentucky; Wills--Kentucky; Justice of the peace--Kentucky; Sheriffs--Kentucky

Littell's Statute Law of Kentucky, published from 1809-1819, has the first critically edited compilation of Kentucky statutes. It has long been recognized by lawyers as one of the founding documents of state law and by historians of early Kentucky...

Full-length character portrait of comedic actress and producer Annie Pixley. She stands in front of a tree, wearing a bonnet, dress, and striped apron. Pixley starred in three productions at Macauley's Theatre, in February 1884, March 1886, and...

Men examine early aviation accident at Churchill Downs. Biplane wing appears to have broken in what R.G. Potter described as a "slight mishap" that occurred when American aviation pioneer Glen H. Curtiss brought two planes to Churchill Downs...

Young man with hair to his waist over a bead-adorned jacket and shorts, posing outdoors in front of trees. He is likely Bulon, a nineteen-year-old Bagobo Moro (a Muslim tribe from the western coast of Mindanao in the Philippine Islands). Since the...

At the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, three barefoot men in bead-adorned shorts, jackets, and sheaths, each wearing a different style of hat, hold swords. Behind them is a hut and trees. They are Bagobo Moros, a Muslim tribe from the western...

Leaf from a small portable Gothic Bible, copied in France in the thirteenth century. The Latin translation used throughout this period was known as the Vulgate, since Latin was the common or vulgar language read by all literate people of the time....

Botany illustrations displayed in the main room of Anderson Hall. The grand piano (left) was brought from New York to Clay County in 1871. It was later moved to Melvin Davidson Chapel. Handwritten on lower right corner of image: 364. Title supplied...

Business and Professional Women's Club (Morris, Ill.); Business and Professional Women/USA; Business and Professional Women's Foundation

Carol Sebian has been a School Social Worker for three years. She has been a member of the Morris BPW for over a year. Having grown up in the Industrialized Northeast, she has found small-town Midwestern life to be a challenge in 'survival skills'.

Deacon Phillippe or Charles Louis Phillippe, originally spelled Phillippi (1872-1952). Color portrait of Deacon Phillippe with the Pittsburg Pirates or Pittsburgh Pirates. A pirate is in the top left corner and 'Pirates' is in the top right. Verso:...

The chapel in Marvin Hall on Sunday July 14, 1912. Stoves had been removed for the summer. Men sat on the left, ladies on the right, a custom that persisted until 1954. The board behind pulpit says a total of 125 were present for Sunday School, the...

Stacks of cotton baled for shipping. A man stands on a pile of bales. There are industrial buildings in the background. Text printed on verso reads, "Oklahoma City is the capital of the recently created state of Oklahoma. It is the principal city...

College administrators; Deans (Education); University of Louisville--Faculty;

Portrait of John L. Patterson, who served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1908-1922. He came to University of Louisville in 1907 as professor of Greek, and was appointed dean of College of Arts and Sciences (then known as the...

John L. Patterson served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1908-1922. He came to University of Louisville in 1907 as professor of Greek, and was appointed dean of College of Arts and Sciences (then known as the College of Liberal...

John L. Patterson served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1908-1922. He came to University of Louisville in 1907 as professor of Greek, and was appointed dean of College of Arts and Sciences (then known as the College of Liberal...